Nicholas J. Schisler,
PhD
Nicholas J. Schisler,
PhD
Assistant Professor, 2003-present
Department of Biology, Furman University, Greenville, S.C. 29681
Courses:
Bio 11 Foundations of Biology
Bio 16 Principles of Biology
Bio 21 Genetics
Bio 22 Research and Analysis
Bio 95 Genomics and Bioinformatics
Assistant Professor, 2000-2003
Department of Biology, Pomona College, Claremont, CA USA 91711
Courses:
ID1: Contemporary Issues in Biology and Biotechnology
Bio 40: Introductory Genetics
Bio 173:Genomics and Bioinformatics
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-2000
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN USA 47405-6801
Project: Created annotated bioinformatic sequence databases and access software for use in studies of intron structure and evolution.
Supervisor: Professor Jeffrey Palmer
Laboratory Instructor, 1982-1987; 1995-1996
Biology Department, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Canada N6A 5B7
Taught undergraduate laboratories in freshman biology for majors and nonmajors, sophmore genetics and vertebrate biology as a teaching assistant. Created and implemented a computer-based interactive multimedia course for biology students.
Supervisor: Dan Lajoie
Director of Research and Development, 1990-1995
Autodata Marketing Systems Incorporated, 106-101 Cherryhill Blvd., London, Ontario Canada N6H 4S4
Founding member of company; designed relational databases and multimedia computer software; trained employees; participated in customer support and satisfaction.
Supervisor: Greg Perrier
Special Projects in Higher Education Coordinator, 1990
Apple Canada, 7495 Birchmount Road, Markham, Ontario Canada L3R 5G2
Customer support liaison with Ontario Universities. Hosted and taught at "computer camps" designed for secondary school, college and university faculty interested in exploring computer-based learning.
Supervisor: Darius Knight
Consultant and Software Developer, 1987-1990
Apple Research Partnership Program, Computing and Communications Services, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Canada N6A 5B7
Assisted faculty in developing computer-based learning software.
Supervisor: Dr. Raj Govindarajan
- Computer Expertise
Platforms and Operating Systems
Apple Macintosh: All Mac OS and server versions thru 10.X
IBM Compatible: DOS 6.X, All versions of Windows thru XP, Linux 7.X
SUN Sparcstation: Solaris 2.5.1
SGI Origin 2000 Server: IRIX 6.5
Programming Languages
BASIC
Applescript and related scripting languages
Perl
C++ / Java
Software
Databases: extensive experience with Genbank, Swiss-PROT, Pfam, PROSITE, Interpro, Ensembl and many more
Database Software: Oracle, Microsoft Visual Foxpro, mySQL, Postgres; Xbase and SQL programming
Phylogenetic Analysis: MacClade, PAUP, PHYLIP, MrBayes, and many more
Sequence Search and Analysis: BLAST, Clustalw, FASTA, EMBOSS suite, GCG Suite, and many more
Statistics: Minitab, Systat, SPSS; expertise with Multiple Regression, ANOVA, and Factor Analysis
World Wide Web: Apache, Tomcat, HTML and derivatives, PHP
Numerous Graphics, Page Layout, and Productivity Packages
Digital video capture, compression, and streaming.
Interactive courseware design and integration
Network design and management as applied to rseearch and teaching computer laboratories
Phylogentic analysis of DNA and amino acid sequences
Polymerase chain reaction
DNA isolation, sequencing and analysis
RNA isolation and analysis
Primary cell culture
Quantitative genetic and biostatistical analysis
Enzymology and biochemical genetics including enzyme assays and electrophoresis.
Cytogenetics
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